Verify Citation - 4. Alphanumeric Notation and the Calendrical-Musical Kosmos
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Query: 4. Alphanumeric Notation and the Calendrical-Musical Kosmos
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the Akkadian sign for water, mem, occupying the first position in the cuneiform syllabary described by Zimmern[1] (1896; see also Driver[2] 1948: pp. 157–158), subsequently evolved into the Canaanite (and hence Greek and modern) letter m, originally μῦ, recalling the wavy zigzag line traditionally used to denote water.
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- We guessed that this was the 1896 publication that Hudson intended to cite: H. Zimmern, “Zur Frage nach dem Ursprung des Alphabets,” Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 50 (1896), pp. 667–670.
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- ↑ H. Zimmern, “Zur Frage nach dem Ursprung des Alphabets,” Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 50 (1896), pp. 667–670.
- ↑ G.R. Driver, Semitic Writing From Pictograph to Alphabet (Oxford: 1948), p. 157–158.
